Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Unbreakable Bond ❯ Another Goodbye ( Chapter 6 )

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Another Goodbye

Stuffing the note in her pocket, Leona, quietly closed the hotel room door and dashed away, running down the stairs two steps at a time. She was lost in her thoughts, when she bumped into something warm. She glanced up and then jumped back. It was Seifer.

Her anger was building up again, but she sighed a deep shaky sigh and instantly she was calmed. "What do you want?" she whispered not wanting to disturb the man at the counter which was sleeping peacefully.

"Where do you think you going, she-wolf?" Seifer demanded, coldly.

She gritted her teeth and glared at him, annoyed about him asking. All she wanted to do was protect these people! "Away…"

"From?"

"Everyone!" she bursted out. She turned to see the man at the counter groan and stare at her with a angry glint in his eyes. She smiled apologetically and turned back to Seifer, which was giving her a dirty look. She didn't want to take this anymore! She began to walk past Seifer when a hand gripped her arm in a painful way. She turned and growled. "Let go of me!"

"Your not leaving just yet!" He smirked, darkly with a cold glint in his eye. "Your not telling us something!" he began to shake her and twist her arm, painfully. "Believe me I'll find out…"

She thrashed around like a wild animal in a death trap. "Let go you bastard!" she grimaced in pain.

"Watch your mouth, she-wolf!" He snapped. "Maybe I'll cut that pretty little head off, eh?" with his free hand, he grabbed his gun blade and pointed it at her neck. She stopped and glared at both the gun blade and Seifer.

"SEIFER!" The voice was Selphie. "What the hell are you doing?!" She quickly ran down the stairs and stood beside Seifer, hands on her hips and a angry frown on her lips, a glint of anger was shining in her eyes. "Lower your weapon…"

Leona sighed. So much for leaving unnoticed, but she was glad that this nice young woman that she could call a friend saved her. She watched as Seifer turned to look at Selphie. Leona took this opportunity and bit him as hard as she could. Seifer yelped with pain and he swung his gun blade at her and she took the opportunity and slipped out of his grip and dashed out of the hotel, leaving a hurting Seifer, a shocked Selphie and the man behind counter dazed.

She ran as fast as her legs could take her. Her mind ran with her.

Run Leona…Run Leona…

Stop…

Leona doubled over, hands clutching her head. "NOOOO!" Screaming, she felt it. The invisible whip lash on her back. "AHHHH!" Tears streamed down her face. "Stop this!!!" She screamed in pain. She felt her life slipping through her finger tips. "Help me…" her breathing became labored and she collapsed onto the hard cement, continuing to feel the whip lashing all on her body, the feeling of her body being ripped apart pervaded through her mind. Help me…

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" Leona!" Someone was shaking her, gently. "Leona! Come on! Uncle needs you!"

Leona groaned, as she opened her eyes and saw a child with long black hair and amber-colored orbs for eyes. He was tanned for his age and he looked to be about five years old maybe six if she had to estimate his age. She gasped and backed away, only to bash her head on the wall behind her. She groaned and rubbed her head, taking a look around this odd yet familiar place. The walls were a pink color and little white flowers were the designs for the wall. Pictures of wolfs were taped rather lazily on the right side of the wall, by the desk that was in this room. Her eyes widened. This was her room…

She glanced down to she was sitting on a baby blue futon and she glanced up at the child in her room. He also looked familiar. She studied him a bit more. He wore little black pants and a white t-shirt that was a little big for him. Black hair, amber eyes… she gasped again. This was her brother!

Leo…oh my…

Leona took a big gulp and placed her hand on her forehead. She neither felt hot nor sick. She looked at the younger version of her brother and tears burned her eyes. I'm home again…

"Come on Leona!" Her brother beaconed her. "Uncle needs you now!"

"Leo?"

"Hurry up, slow poke!" the boy named Leo grabbed her hand and tugged her along. She was just standing up and she was being dragged by a six year old! She chuckled. Big brother…

She noticed that they were in a hall that was quite narrow, but before her eyes it transformed into darkness, only her brother and herself in the whole place. Her heart pounded in her chest. Was this a dream? It had to be! Her brother WAS older than her and he was only six right now!

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, reassuring herself. It'll be okay Leona…no problem…

She opened her eyes again and saw that they were in a different room. It was furnished in colors of blue and green, with a hint of red and gold. Their was a desk and chairs with a red futon on the floor beside a window that looked like it led to a balcony.

"Niece is that you?" a voice asked, lazily.

"Uncle?" She turned to the location on where her name was last voiced and she saw a man with long brown hair and bluish-green eyes. He looked younger than what she had seen when the last she saw him. He must have been about twenty-seven years old. If he wasn't her uncle she might of actually have liked him liked him. Like LIKED HIM. She pushed that thought into the back of her mind and shook her head.

"I have something to give to you, my lovely niece." he replied, smiling fondly at her, as if she were his own daughter.

"What is it, Uncle?" she asked with curiosity, gleaming in her eyes.

Laguna took out a golden chain with a moon pendent attached to it and he handed it to her. "Keep this close to your heart. It will help you in times of trouble, Leona…"

"What are you talking about, Uncle?"

"LEONA!"

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Leona sat up, quickly and grimaced with pain that pervaded through her whole body. Even worse the scream hurt her ears and her head pounded like someone was beating her head like a drum. She clutched at her head and opened her eyes, slowly, focusing in on the blurred images she saw. She felt something in her hand, as her eyes began to focus, she saw it was the necklace given to her by her uncle, but before she could think about it she shook her head and stashed it away in her short's pocket.

"Are you alright? You almost died!" Zell said, worriedly.

She glanced at her arms and sighed. The bruises looked like she got whipped and blood gushed from one of them. "More bruises.." she said to no one in particular. She gently touched her arm and felt a wave of pain hit her hard and she hissed through gritted teeth. They were still fresh. "Cure…" she whispered through her pain. Her arm healed, instantly and the pain lifted. She did it to her other parts of her body and she was unaware of the people watching her in amazement. "I'm fine…" she said after she was finally done with everything and felt her back to see if any other bruises were there. "I-I just need to go now…" she said and began to climb out of bed.

"You can't go Leona!" Selphie gasped.

"Who knows what will happen to the she-wolf if she leaves…"Seifer piped up his opinion. "She might give someone rabies." he said with bitterness and he rubbed his hand, gingerly.

Leona growled. "Who said I didn't give you rabies?" She bared her fangs and turned to him with a violent growl, blood boiling.

"That's enough!" Selphie growled. She stomped over to Seifer and poked him in the ribs. "Watch your mouth! She's been though enough. Would like her to call you names if we told her your story, eh?"

Seifer glanced away and rolled his eyes. "Go ahead…"

"Fine with me, Lapdog…" Selphie said with a hint of bitterness.

A bomb exploded inside the young blond man, for he locked his gaze onto her, glaring at her like he was about to bit her head off. His teeth were gritted in an angry scowl.

"I swear I'll tell Quistis about this too…." Selphie began. "She'll be-"

"You tell Quistis and I swear I'll-"

"You'll what?" Irvine growled, glaring at the other man and grabbed Exeter.

"Stop…" Leona said in a mousy voice. "Please stop…" she stood and went to go grab Lovely Loire when she noticed it was missing. "Where is it?" she said, softly. "Where is my gun blade?"

"I have it…" Zell stated, softly. "I- All of us wish you to stay. We'll need your help…" he paused and took out the note that Leona had early. "Leona can you tell us who wrote this note?" Zell asked.

"Where did you get that…?" she asked in a dangerously low tone. "Why do you have that?" she asked when nobody answered her question.

"It fell out of your pocket as you fainted…" Zell replied, calmly. "We read it and we need your help…"

"Well if you read it, carefully, it stated that I had to go alone…"

"Yes we saw that…" The quiet Jewel spoke up after all this time of watching. Leona was startled, but Jewel continued on. "But we can't let you go…not by yourself."

"Please. I don't want any of you hurt…I'll take care of this myself…" Leona replied, softly. "I'll be okay…"

"Then why did you come here if you would be fine…" Seifer asked, bitterly. " Why in the hell would you have come to us if we can't help you, like you want to help us, eh?"

"It was my Uncle's wishes…"

"Why not disobey your uncle? It's not like it's a big deal and-"

"Because Seifer, he gave me a home! A new life…" she paused and out came a shaky sigh. "I love my uncle as if he were my own father…"

"Where's your father now, eh? Dead or did he leave you and go-"

"I-I"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Selphie screamed toward Seifer, her cheeks were flushed from the outburst and she let out a long shaky sigh. "Please Leave Seifer…"

Seifer growled and left the room.

Leona took a look around. This was her hotel room. She sighed. These people…never a dull moment. She slowly walked over to Zell and put her hand on his shoulder. She saw her gun blade behind him leaning against the wall and she turned her gaze to look into his eyes. "Please give me my gun blade…"

Zell looked to the others and they nodded. Nodding, he carefully gripped the gun blade, feeling the immense power that it contained and he handed it to Leona.

Leona nodded a 'thank you' and turned her back to the others. "Meet me at Trabia ruins, we have some work to do…"

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Everyone quickly prepared, Selphie and Jewel had gotten the supplies they needed for the Garden Festival, but Selphie wanted to go with them to Trabia. That was were she was for a long point in her life. All her friends that stayed to help rebuild Trabia Garden and now hearing the bad news that some maniac destroyed it! Tears burned her eyes, she wanted so badly to go, but Irvine wouldn't let her. They were making their goodbyes once again to each other just like three days ago. Time sure flied. They sat together on a bench that overlooked the dock and the beautiful gleaming ocean, filled with life and love. She put on a fake smile as not to make Irvine worry about her when he was gone, but it wasn't working very well, though she did try!

"Are you sure I can't come…?" she asked again. "Leona might need me…"

Irvine tipped his hat downward and crossed his arms. He looked like he was about to take a nap, with his cowboy hat, hiding his eyes, but she knew from the smile on his face that he was well awake. "She might…" he said, finally after a long pause. "But…you gotta stay here…" his smile widened. "For me."

"Irvy…"

"I couldn't live with myself if you got hurt…of all people you, but…" his smile became a sly smirk. " I'm trapped…I don't want you to go, but Leona might need you or she might hurt herself if your not there…"

"Then let me go!" Selphie pleaded.

"I can't do that, sweetheart…" Irvine said, softly, standing up and tipping his hat up, unsheilding his eyes and gazing into her eyes. "But I swear when I come back, I'll never leave you alone again. You stay here, okay?"

He bent down on one knee and cupped her chin. "I love you, Sefie." He kissed her tenderly. Selphie pulled him closer and deepened the kiss, but sadly the kiss was broken by Irvine and he winked. "No meetin' cowboys, okay?"

Selphie grinned, her cheeks flushed. "No meetin' cowgirls!" She quickly grabbed his cowboy hat off his head and put it on top of her own head. Grinning, she jumped up and spun around, almost knocking Irvine down. "How do I look?"

Irvine chuckled and stood. "The cutest cowgirl in the whole damn world!"

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"Do you really have to leave again, Zelly?" Jewel asked a hint of sadness in her tone.

"Don't worry Jewel, I'll come back and I'll never ever leave you again! We'll take a vacation maybe. How does that sound, eh?" Zell smiled and petted her head, gingerly. They were embracing, lovingly and both were equally comfortable. They didn't want to leave each other's side, but it had to be done.

"That sounds wonderful…" she whispered and buried her head in his chest. "Anything with you is fine."

Zell smiled and kissed the top of her head. "I love you Jewel, you know that right?"

Jewel nodded and gazed up at him with big brown eyes. She was smiling and she brought his head down with her hands and kissed him at first softly, but then with a deeper meaning. After a few long moments, Zell broke it off and Jewel let out a little pout. Zell chuckled, which put a smile to Jewel's pouting face. She hugged him even tighter and let out a little sigh.

"Does that tell you anything?" Jewel asked, sarcastically.

"It tells me tons of things." Zell kissed her again and held it for a long moment, but this time Jewel broke it.

" Your going to make me miss you even more, Zell Dincht!"

"Isn't that a good thing?" he said, sarcastically.

She poked him in the ribs and smirked. "Naughty boy!"

"Thank you, my lovely Jewel." He smirked, slyly. "I'll be back, alright?"

Jewel nodded. "Go on now…"

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Chapter 6 done! ^-^ Yay! Sorry it took a little long. I'm having homecoming soon and I'm going shopping and all the homework! Anyway Please Review! Let would mean a lot and I must have at least two reviews before I start the next chapter! Ha! O.o I am very mean yes! So at least two more reviews and you'll get chapter 7! See you then!